OKI 5300n User manual

USER’S GUIDE

C5300n

PREFACE > 2

PREFACE

Every effort has been made to ensure that the information in this document is complete,

accurate, and up-to-date. The manufacturer assumes no responsibility for the results of

errors beyond its control. The manufacturer also cannot guarantee that changes in

software and equipment made by other manufacturers and referred to in this guide will

not affect the applicability of the information in it. Mention of software products

manufactured by other companies does not necessarily constitute endorsement by the

manufacturer.

While all reasonable efforts have been made to make this document as accurate and

helpful as possible, we make no warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, as to the

accuracy or completeness of the information contained herein.

The most up-to-date drivers and manuals are available from the Oki Europe website:

http://www.okieurope.com

Oki and Microline are registered trademarks of Oki Electric Industry Company, Ltd.

Energy Star is a trademark of the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

Hewlett-Packard, HP, and LaserJet are registered trademarks of Hewlett-Packard

Company.

Microsoft, MS-DOS and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.

Apple, Macintosh, Mac and Mac OS are registered trademarks of Apple Computer.

Other product names and brand names are registered trademarks or trademarks of

their proprietors.

As an Energy Star Program Participant, the manufacturer has

determined that this product meets the Energy Star guidelines for

energy efficiency.

This product complies with the requirements of the Council Directives

89/336/EEC (EMC) and 73/23/EEC (LVD) as amended where applicable

on the approximation of the laws of the member states relating to

electromagnetic compatibility and low voltage.

CONTENTS > 3

CONTENTS

Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Printer overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Rear View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Changing the display language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Paper recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Cassette trays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Multipurpose tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Face down stacker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Face up stacker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Duplex unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Loading Paper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Cassette trays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Multipurpose tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Printer settings in Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

PCL or PostScript . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Printing preferences in Windows applications . . . . . . . . . . 20

PostScript Emulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

PCL Emulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Secure printing feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Sending the document to print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Printing secure documents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Proof and print feature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Sending the document to print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Printing the remaining copies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Permanent print documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Sending the document to print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Printing stored documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Windows 9x Differences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Printer settings in Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

PCL or PostScript. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Printing preferences in Windows applications . . . . . . . . . . 32

Secure printing feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Sending the document to print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

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Proof and print feature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Sending the document to print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Store to Hard Disk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Sending the document to print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Colour Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Choosing a Colour Matching Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Matching Photographic Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Matching Specific Colours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Printing Vivid Colours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

PCL Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Accessing the colour Matching Options . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Setting the colour matching options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Using the Colour Swatch feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

PostScript Driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Colour Matching Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

PostScript Colour Matching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

CMYK Ink Simulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Windows ICM Colour Matching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Overlays and Macros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Creating PCL Overlays. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Installing upgrades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Adjusting Windows printer drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Mac OS 9.x / Classic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Printer Drivers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Software Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Software Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

AppleTalk Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

TCP/IP Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

USB Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Installed options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Configuring installed hardware options . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

configuring installed hardware options

from the Desktop:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

configuring installed hardware options

from the Chooser: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Paper Feed, Size and Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Colour Matching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Factors that affect the appearance of prints . . . . . . . . . 63

Choosing a Colour Matching Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

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RGB or CMYK? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Matching Photographic Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Matching Specific Colours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Printing Vivid Colours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Oki Driver Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

OKI Printer Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Colour Matching Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Oki Colour Matching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

PostScript Colour Matching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

CMYK Ink Simulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Black Finish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Separations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Custom Gamma Adjustment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Printer Job Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

To Enable the Job Type Plug-in. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Job Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Multiple pages on one sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Duplex printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Custom page sizes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Print resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Collating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Background Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Colour Swatch Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Oki PostScript Utility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Mac OS X. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Printer Drivers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Installing the printer software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Setting Up The Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Network Connection using AppleTalk . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Network Connection using TCP/IP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

USB cable connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Configuring Installed Hardware Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

To manually configure installed

hardware options: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106

Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Colour Matching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Factors that affect the appearance of prints . . . . . . . . 109

Choosing a Colour Matching Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

RGB or CMYK? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

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Matching Photographic Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Matching Specific Colours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Printing Vivid Colours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Oki Driver Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

OKI Printer Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113

Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Collating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Multiple Pages on One Sheet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122

Duplex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Paper Feed/Type Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Colour Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Factors that affect the appearance of prints . . . . . . . . 126

Choosing a Colour Matching Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

RGB or CMYK? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Matching Photographic Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Matching Specific Colours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Printing Vivid Colours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

PCL Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Accessing the colour Matching Options . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Setting the colour matching options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Using the Colour Swatch feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

PostScript Driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Colour Matching Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133

PostScript Colour Matching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

CMYK Ink Simulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135

Windows ICM Colour Matching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Using ICC Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Menu functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138

Print jobs menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Information Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Shutdown menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Print menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Media Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Color Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

System configuration menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

PCL emulation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Parallel menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

USB menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Network menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

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Maintenance menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Usage menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Overlays and Macros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

What are overlays and macros? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Creating PostScript Overlays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Creating the overlay image. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Create and download the Project. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Test printing the overlay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Defining overlays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Printing with PostScript overlays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Creating PCL Overlays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Creating the overlay image. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Create and download macros. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163

Test printing the macro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Defining overlays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Printing with PCL overlays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Replacing consumable items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Consumable order details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Toner cartridge replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Image drum replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Replacing the belt unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Fuser replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Installing upgrades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Duplex unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Memory upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

Adjusting Windows printer drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

PCL driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

PostScript driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

Clearing paper jams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Oki contact details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

NOTES, CAUTIONS AND WARNINGS > 8

NOTES, CAUTIONS AND WARNINGS

NOTE

A note appears in this manual like this. A note provides additional

information to supplement the main text which may help you to use and

understand the product.

CAUTION!

A caution appears in this manual like this. A caution provides

additional information which, if ignored, may result in equipment

malfunction or damage.

WARNING!

A warning appears in this manual like this. A warning provides

additional information which, if ignored, may result in a risk of

personal injury.

INTRODUCTION > 9

INTRODUCTION

Congratulations on buying an Oki colour printer. Your new printer is

designed with advanced features to give you clear, vibrant colour

prints and crisp black and white pages at high speed on a range of

print media for the office.

Your printer includes these features:

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Up to 12 pages per minute in full colour for fast printing of high

impact colour presentations and other documents;

>

Up to 20 pages per minute in black and white for fast and

efficient printing of all general purpose documents not

requiring colour;

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600 x 1200dpi (dots per inch) print resolution for high quality

image production showing the finest detail;

>

Single Pass Colour Digital LED technology for high speed

processing of your printed pages;

>

PostScript 3, PCL 5C and Epson FX emulations for industry

standard operation and wide compatibility with most

computer software;

>

10Base-T and 100Base-TX network connection lets you share

this valuable resource among users on your office network;

Additionally, the following optional features are also available:

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Automatic two-sided (duplex) printing for economical use of

paper and compact printing of larger documents;

>

Additional paper tray for loading a further 530 sheets at a time

to minimise operator intervention, or different paper stocks for

letterhead stationery, alternative paper sizes or other print

media.

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Additional memory allows printing of more complex pages,

including two sided and booklet pages with the optional

duplex unit.

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Internal 10GB hard disk drive for storage of overlays, macros

and downloadable fonts, and automatic collation of multiple

copies of multipage documents.

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PRINTER OVERVIEW

FRONT VIEW

The LCD display language can be changed to show any of 12 different

languages. (See “Changing the display language” on page 12.)

1. Output stacker, face down.

Standard printed copy

delivery point. Holds up to

250 sheets at 80g/m².

2. Operator panel.

Menu driven operator

controls and LCD display

panel.

3. Paper tray.

Standard blank paper tray. Holds up to 300

sheets of 80g/m² paper.

4. Multipurpose feeder.

Used for feeding heavier paper stocks,

envelopes and other special media. Also for

manual feeding of single sheets when

required.

5. ON/OFF switch.

1

2

3

4

5

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REAR VIEW

This view shows the connection panel, the rear output stacker and the

location of the optional duplex (two-sided printing) unit.

* The Network Interface has a protective “plug” which must be removed before

connection can be made.

When the rear paper stacker is folded down paper exits the printer

through the rear of the printer and is stacked here face up. This is

mainly used for heavy print media. When used in conjunction with the

multipurpose feed tray, the paper path through the printer is

essentially straight. This avoids bending the paper around curves in

the paper path and enables feeding of up to 203g/m² media.

5. ON/OFF switch.

6. AC power socket.

7. Parallel data interface.

8. USB interface.

9. Network interface.*

10. Location of optional duplex unit.

11. Rear, face up, 100 sheet stacker.

9

5

7

8

6

10

11

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CHANGING THE DISPLAY LANGUAGE

The language used by your printer for display messages and for report

printing can be changed quickly and easily as follows:

1.

Press the

+

key repeatedly to access the System Configuration

Menu.

2.

Press the

ENTER

key to enter the System Configuration Menu.

3.

Press the

–

key to move directly to the last item in this menu:

LANGUAGE.

4.

Press

ENTER

to change this setting.

5.

Use the

+

/

–

keys to move in either direction through the list of

available languages until the language you want is displayed.

6.

Press the

ENTER

key to select this language.

7.

Press the

ON LINE

key to exit the menu system and return the

printer to standby.

The LCD display language can be changed to any of these languages:

English Norwegian

German Danish

French Dutch

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PAPER RECOMMENDATIONS > 13

PAPER RECOMMENDATIONS

Your printer will handle a variety of print media, including a range of

paper weights and sizes, transparencies and envelopes. This section

provides general advice on choice of media, and explains how to use

each type.

The best performance will be obtained when using standard 75~90g/m²

paper designed for use in copiers and laser printers. Suitable types are:

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Ajro Wiggins Colour Solutions 90g/m²;

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Colour Copy by Neuisedlier.

Use of heavily embossed or very rough textured paper is not

recommended.

Pre-printed stationery

can be used, but the ink must not offset when

exposed to the high fuser temperatures used in the printing process.

Envelopes

should be free from twist, curl or other deformations. They

should also be of the rectangular flap type, with glue that remains

intact when subjected to hot roll pressure fusing used in this type of

printer. Window envelopes are not suitable.

Transparencies

should be of the type designed for use in copiers and

laser printers. We strongly recommend Oki transparencies (Order

No. 01074101). In particular, avoid office transparencies designed

for use by hand with marker pens. These will melt in the fuser and

cause damage.

Labels

should also be of the type recommended for use in copiers and

laser printers, in which the base carrier page is entirely covered by

labels. Other types of label stock may damage the printer due to the

labels peeling off during the printing process. Suitable types are:

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Avery White Laser Label types 7162, 7664, 7666 (A4),

or 5161 (Letter);

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Kokuyo A693X series (A4) or A650 (B5).

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CASSETTE TRAYS

If you have identical paper stock loaded in another tray (2nd tray if you

have one, or multipurpose tray) you can have the printer automatically

switch to the other tray when the current tray runs out of paper. When

printing from Windows applications, this function is enabled in the

driver settings. (See “Printer Settings in Windows” later in this guide.)

When printing from other systems, this function is enabled in the Print

Menu. (See “Menu Functions” later in this guide.)

MULTIPURPOSE TRAY

The multipurpose tray can handle the same sizes as the cassette trays

but in weights up to 203g/m². For very heavy paper stock use the face

up (rear) paper stacker. This ensures that the paper path through the

printer is almost straight.

The multipurpose tray can feed paper widths as small as 100mm and

lengths up to 1200mm (banner printing).

For paper lengths exceeding 356mm (Legal 14in.) use paper stock

between 90g/m² and 128g/m² and the face up (rear) paper stacker.

Use the multipurpose tray for printing on envelopes and

transparencies. Up to 50 sheets of transparencies or 10 envelopes

can be loaded at one time, subject to a maximum stacking depth of

10mm.

Paper or transparencies should be loaded print side up and top edge

into the printer. Do not use the duplex (two sided printing) function.

Size Dimensions Weight (g/m²)

A6 (Tray 1 only) 105 x 148mm

Light 64-74g/m²

Medium 75-90g/m²

Heavy 91-120g/m²

Ultra heavy 121-176g/m²

(Tray 2 only)

A5 148 x 210mm

B5 182 x 257mm

Executive 184.2 x 266.7mm

A4 210 x 297mm

Letter 215.9 x 279.4mm

Legal 13in. 216 x 330mm

Legal 13.5in. 216 x 343mm

Legal 14in. 216 x 356mm

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FACE DOWN STACKER

The face down stacker on the top of the printer can hold up to 250

sheets of 80g/m² standard paper, and can handle paper stocks up to

176g/m². Pages printed in reading order (page 1 first) will be sorted

in reading order (last page on top, facing down).

FACE UP STACKER

The face up stacker at the rear of the printer should be opened and the

tray extension pulled out when required for use. In this condition

paper will exit via this path, regardless of driver settings.

The face up stacker can hold up to 100 sheets of 80g/m² standard

paper, and can handle stocks up to 203g/m².

Always use this stacker and the multipurpose feeder for paper stocks

heavier than 176g/m².

DUPLEX UNIT

This option provides automatic two sided printing on the same range

of paper sizes as tray 2 (i.e. all cassette sizes except A6), using paper

stocks from 75-105g/m².

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LOADING PAPER

CASSETTE TRAYS

1.

Remove the paper tray from the printer.

2.

Fan the paper to be loaded at the edges (1) and in the middle (2)

to ensure that all sheets are properly separated, then tap the

edges of the stack on a flat surface to make it flush again (3).

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3.

Load letter headed paper face down and top edge towards the

front of the printer, as shown.

4.

Adjust the rear stopper (1) and paper guides (2) to the size of

paper being used.

To prevent paper jams:

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Do not leave space between the paper and the guides

and rear stopper.

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Do not overfill the paper tray. Capacity depends on the

type of paper stock.

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Do not load damaged paper.

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Do not load paper of different sizes or types at the same

time.

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Do not pull the paper tray out during printing (except as

described below for the 2nd tray).

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Close the paper tray gently.

5.

If you have two trays and you are printing from the 1st (upper)

tray, you can pull out the 2nd (lower) tray during printing to

reload it. However, if printing from the 2nd (lower) tray, do not

pull out the 1st (upper) tray. This will cause a paper jam.

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6.

For face down printing, make sure the face up (rear) stacker (3)

is closed (the paper exits from the top of the printer). Stacking

capacity is approximately 250 sheets, depending on paper

weight.

7.

For face up printing, make sure the face up (rear) stacker (3) is

open and the paper support (4) is extended. Paper is stacked

in reverse order and tray capacity is approximately 100 sheets,

depending on paper weight.

8.

Always use the face up (rear) stacker for heavy paper (card

stock etc.)

CAUTION!

Do not open or close the rear paper exit while printing as it may result

in a paper jam.

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MULTIPURPOSE TRAY

1.

Open the multi purpose tray and press gently down on the

paper platform (1) to ensure it is latched down.

2.

Load the paper and adjust the paper guides (2) to the size of

paper being used.

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For single sided printing on headed paper load the

paper into the multipurpose tray with pre-printed side

up and top edge into the printer.

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For two sided (duplex) printing on headed paper load

the paper with pre-printed side down and top edge

away from the printer. (Optional duplex unit must be

installed for this function.)

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Envelopes should be loaded face up with top edge to

the left and short edge into the printer. Do not select

duplex printing on envelopes.

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Do not exceed the paper capacity of about 50 sheets or

10 envelopes. Maximum stacking depth is 10mm.

3.

Press the tray latch button (3) inwards to release the paper

platform, so that the paper is lifted and gripped in place.

Set the correct paper size for the multipurpose tray in the Media Menu

(see “Menu Functions”).

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PRINTER SETTINGS IN WINDOWS > 20

PRINTER SETTINGS IN WINDOWS

Your printer’s operator panel menus provide access to many options.

The Windows printer driver also contains settings for many of these

items. Where items in the printer driver are the same as those in the

operator panel menus, and you print documents from Windows, the

settings in the Windows printer driver will override those items in the

operator panel menus.

The illustrations in this chapter show Windows XP. Windows 2000

versions may appear slightly different, but the principles are the same.

PCL OR POSTSCRIPT

Two printer drivers are supplied with your printer: one for PCL

emulation, and the other for PostScript 3 emulation. If you print

mainly from general “Office” applications choose the PCL driver. For

faster printing of PDF documents, choose PostScript. If you print

mainly from professional DTP and graphics applications, choose

PostScript.

PRINTING PREFERENCES IN WINDOWS

APPLICATIONS

When you choose to print your

document from a Windows

application program a print

dialogue box appears. This

dialogue usually specifies the

name of the printer on which you

will print your document. Next to

the printer name is a

Properties

button.

When you click

Properties

a new window opens which contains a

short list of the printer settings available in the driver, which you can

choose for this document.

The window which opens when you click

Properties

depends on which

printer driver has been installed. The PostScript driver offers different

choices to the PCL driver.

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